EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

The proposed Barwaaqo AF will scale up the investments under Barwaaqo components 1 and 3 and support a comprehensive long-term Basin-Scale, support watershed-specific Sustainable Land and Water Management Planning, while also expanding the environmental restoration scope of sub-component 3.1 from the current micro (site level) scale to a macro (watershed level) scale. This expansion will include intervention planning of innovative nature-based solutions to address land degradation, desertification,
and flooding, and to enhance ecosystem services for climate mitigation and adaptation. The measures to address Environmental and Social risks under the parent project are deemed sufficient and will be applied to the AF.
1. The proposed Project Development Objective (PDO) is to develop water, agriculture, and
environmental services among agro-pastoralist communities in Somalia’s drylands. The achievement of the PDO will be measured by the following outcome-level indicators:
– People provided with access to improved water sources.
– People provided with access to improved water sources – female.
– Farmers/clients adopting improved technology.
– Farmers/clients adopting improved technology – female.
– Land area under sustainable landscape management practices.